Assessing Patient Safety Culture in a Secondary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Tool: A Cross-Sectional Study (8 December 2025)

Summary

A positive patient safety culture is integral to reducing preventable harm and improving healthcare outcomes. In many low- and middle-income countries, there is a lack of structured measurement of patient safety culture, hindering the identification of systemic weaknesses. This study, published in Cureus, assessed patient safety culture  in a secondary care public hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture tool, with the aim of identifying strengths, weaknesses, and predictors of a robust safety culture.